Re: Package install history - logs etc ?
On Mon, 3 Dec 2018, Curt wrote:
> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 09:57:53
> From: Curt <curty@free.fr>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Package install history - logs etc ?
> Resent-Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 15:00:24 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On 2018-12-03, rhkramer@gmail.com <rhkramer@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Monday, December 03, 2018 06:02:05 AM Steve Kemp wrote:
> >> > Is there anywhere else I should look?
> >>
> >> Take a look at /var/log/dpkg.log* too.
> >
> > (I am not the OP.) Is there a special tool to look at it -- I tried less and
> > saw nothing, then cat which seemed to show binary gibberish (nothing I could
> > read).
>
> The logs are gzipped periodically (gibberish for less).
>
> lynx /var/log/apt
>
> works here.
>
zless ought to work too if memory serves.
>
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